.- Moammar Gadhafi forces shelled on Sunday with mortars and rockets the western city of Misrata a fact that contradicts the government's claim that Libya had stopped the fire. Although artillery attacks have left 32 dead and dozens wounded in two days as doctors, the rebels claimed to have driven government forces from the center of the third largest city.
The Gadhafi troops fighting in Misrata have lost the moral and several of them left their battle stations, said a Libyan captured soldier. The battle for Misrata that has claimed hundreds of lives over the past two months, became the main theater of armed rebellion against Gaddafi Libya to the stagnation of the struggle in other parts of the country.
Several videos on Misrata contain scenes of civilian deaths and injuries caused by Gadhafi heavy weapons, including rockets and tank shells. Because the images, voices rose in favor of a stronger international intervention to stop bloodshed in the city held by the rebels. In Washington, three members of the Armed Services Committee Senate spoke for increased action to oust a Gadhafi, including air strikes against members of the ruling inner circle.
Gadhafi "need to ask yourself when you wake up every day, 'Is this my last day?" Said Sen. Lindsey Graham to the "State of the Union" on CNN. Graham is a member of the commission. In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI suggested that diplomacy will prevail on the war in Libya during his prayer for Easter Sunday.
The authorized NATO to protect civilians in Libya, a country that has been divided into two regions: the East, in control the rebels and the West, mostly in control of Gadhafi. Although the coalition air strikes have dealt severe blows to the army of Gadhafi, it has not suspended the crackdown Misrata, which has 300 thousand inhabitants.
The forces loyal to Gadhafi have besieged the city for two months. However, in recent days, the rebels drove the effective Gadhafi city center in a rebel offensive which has increased its strength. "Gadhafi's soldiers are outside Misrata, shoot rockets, "said Abdelsalam, a resident of the city. 
The Gadhafi troops fighting in Misrata have lost the moral and several of them left their battle stations, said a Libyan captured soldier. The battle for Misrata that has claimed hundreds of lives over the past two months, became the main theater of armed rebellion against Gaddafi Libya to the stagnation of the struggle in other parts of the country.
Several videos on Misrata contain scenes of civilian deaths and injuries caused by Gadhafi heavy weapons, including rockets and tank shells. Because the images, voices rose in favor of a stronger international intervention to stop bloodshed in the city held by the rebels. In Washington, three members of the Armed Services Committee Senate spoke for increased action to oust a Gadhafi, including air strikes against members of the ruling inner circle.
Gadhafi "need to ask yourself when you wake up every day, 'Is this my last day?" Said Sen. Lindsey Graham to the "State of the Union" on CNN. Graham is a member of the commission. In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI suggested that diplomacy will prevail on the war in Libya during his prayer for Easter Sunday.
The authorized NATO to protect civilians in Libya, a country that has been divided into two regions: the East, in control the rebels and the West, mostly in control of Gadhafi. Although the coalition air strikes have dealt severe blows to the army of Gadhafi, it has not suspended the crackdown Misrata, which has 300 thousand inhabitants.
The forces loyal to Gadhafi have besieged the city for two months. However, in recent days, the rebels drove the effective Gadhafi city center in a rebel offensive which has increased its strength. "Gadhafi's soldiers are outside Misrata, shoot rockets, "said Abdelsalam, a resident of the city.
- Gadafi forces said to withdraw from Misrata, but meaning is unclear (23/04/2011)
- Gadafy troops bombard Misrata - Irish Times (16/04/2011)
- Libyan rebels: 36 killed in Misrata since Saturday - Reuters (24/04/2011)
- Caring For Misrata Is Humanitarian Groups' Battle (24/04/2011)
- Misrata 'to be dealt with by the tribes' - BBC News (23/04/2011)
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